Michael Tatum's A Downloader's Diary: Year 2012 Index
- Azealia Banks: 1991 (Interscope, EP) A+
- Lana Del Rey: Paradise (Interscope, EP) B+
- Iris DeMent: Sing the Delta (Flariella) A-
- Donald Fagen: Sunken Condos (Reprise) A-
- Flying Lotus: Until the Dark Comes (Warp) A-
- Homeboy Sandman: Subject Matter (Stones Throw, EP) A-
- Pink: The Truth About Love (RCA) A
- Sebadoh: Secret EP (self-released, EP) A-
- Taylor Swift: Red (Big Machine) A-
- Ry Cooder: Election Special (Nonesuch/Perro Verde) ***
- Titus Andronicus: Local Business (XL) ***
- Neneh Cherry & the Thing: The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound) ***
- The Soft Pack: Strapped (Mexican Summer) **
- Van Morrison: Born to Sing: No Plan B (Blue Note) **
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill (Reprise) B
- Jessie Ware: Devotion (Universal) B-
- Dwight Yoakam: 3 Pears (Warner Bros.) B-
- Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (Atlantic) B-
- Avett Brothers: The Carpenter (American) B-
- A.C. Newman: The Carpenter (Matador) C+
- The Walkmen: Heaven (Fat Possum) C
- Cat Power: Sun (Matador) C
- Rachel MacFarlane: Hayley Sings (Concord) D
- Zani Diabaté & Les Héritiers: Tientalaw (Syllart) A
- Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge) A-
- Bob Dylan: Tempest (Columbia) B+
- Kid Koala: 12 Bit Blues (Ninja Tune) A-
- Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn't (Secretly Canadian) A
- Pet Shop Boys: Elysium (Astralwerks) A-
- A Place to Bury Strangers: Onwards to the Wall (Dead Oceans, EP) A-
- A Place to Bury Strangers: Worship (Dead Oceans) A-
- Tom Zé: Tropicália Lixo Lógico (Lapa) A
- Kanye West Presents G.O.O.D Music: Cruel Summer (Island/Def Jam) ***
- Diamond Rugs: Diamond Rugs (Partisan) ***
- Azealia Banks: Fantasea (free download) **
- Four Tet: Pink (Domino) *
- The xx: Coexist (XL) *
- Carly Rae Jepsen: Kiss (604) B-
- Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall (Nonesuch) C
- Bob Mould: Silver Age (Merge) B-
- Alanis Morissette: Havoc and Bright Lights (Columbia) B-
- David Byrne and St. Vincent: Love This Giant (4AD/Todo Mundo) C+
- Passion Pit: Gossamer (Columbia) C+
- Dan Deacon: America (Domino) C+
- Francis Bebey: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 (2012, Born Bad) A-
- Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran (2012, Sham Palace) A-
- Death Grips: The Money Store (2012, Epic) A-
- Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan (2012, Domino) A-
- Greenberger Greenberg Cebar: Tell Me That Before (2011, Pel Pel) A-
- Himanshu: Nehru Jackets (2012, Mishka download) A-
- Elle Varner: Perfectly Imperfect (2012, RCA) A-
- Jack White: Blunderbuss (2012, Third Man/XL) B+
- Henry Clay People: Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives (2012, TBD) ***
- Nas: Life Is Good (2012, Def Jam) **
- Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music (2012, Williams Street) **
- Santigold: Master of My Make-Believe (2012, Downtown/Atlantic) **
- Usher: Looking 4 Myself (2012, RCA) **
- Kool A.D.: 51 (2012, Greedhead download) *
- Deep Time: Deep Time (2012, Hardly Art) *
- Carly Rae Jepsen: Curiosity (2012, 604) S
- Mystery Jets: Radlands (2012, Rough Trade) S
- Paul & Linda McCartney: Ram (1971 [2012], Hear Music) B-
- Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac (2012, Concord/Hear Music) B-
- The Tallest Man on Earth: There's No Leaving Now (2012, Dead Oceans) B-
- OFF!: OFF! (2012, Vice) B-
- Twin Shadow: Confess (2012, 4AD) B-
- Joyce Manor: Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired (2012, Asian Man) B-
- Kool A.D.: The Palm Wine Drinkard (2012, Greedhead download) C+
- Gold Motel: Gold Motel (2012, Good as Gold) C+
- Future of the Left: The Plot Against Common Sense (2012, Xtra Mile) C
- Lambchop: Mr. M (2012, Merge) C
- Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Clean Slate) A
- Beach House: Bloom (Sub Pop) A-
- Clams Casino: Instrumental Mixtape 2 (free download) A-
- Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action at a Distance (Kranky) A-
- Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (Def Jam) A
- Plug: Back in Time (Ninja Tune) A-
- Patti Smith: Banga (Columbia) A
- Le Super Borgou de Parakou: The Bariba Sound (Analog Africa) A-
- Japandroids: Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl) ***
- Rhett Miller: The Dreamer (Maximum Sunshine) **
- Saint Etienne: Words and Music by Saint Etienne (Universal) **
- Metric: Synthetica (Mom + Pop) *
- Fela Kuti: Live in Detroit 1986 (Knitting Factory) C
- Carrie Underwood: Blown Away (Arista Nashville/19 Recordings) C+
- Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universe (Honest Jon's) B-
- Alt-J: An Awesome Wave (Infectious) C+
- Screaming Females: Ugly (Don Giovanni) C+
- Royal Headache: Royal Headache (What's Your Rupture?) C+
- Amadou & Mariam: Folila (Nonesuch) A-
- BBU!: Bell Hooks (Mad Decent/Mishka download) A-
- Best Coast: The Only Place (Mexican Summer) A-
- Cornershop: Urban Turban (Ample Play) B+
- De La Soul: De La Soul's Plug One and Plug Two Present . . . First Serve (Duck Down) A
- Die Antwoord: Ten$ion (Downtown) A-
- Tommy Womack: Now What! (Cedar Creek Music) A-
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Americana (Reprise) A
- Disappears: Pre Language (Kranky) ***
- Actress: R.I.P. (Honest Jon's) ***
- Regina Spektor: What We Saw From the Cheap Seats (Sire) **
- Rye Rye: Go! Pop! Bang! (Interscope/N.E.E.T.) **
- John Mayer: Born and Raised (Columbia) *
- K'Naan: More Beautiful Than Silence (A&M/Octone, EP) *
- Odd Future: The OF Tape Vol. 2 (Odd Future) C-
- The Chap: We Are Nobody (Lo Recordings) B
- Gotye: Making Mirrors (Universal Republic) C+
- Claro Intelecto: Reform Club (Delsin) C+
- Garbage: Not Your Kind of People (Stunvolume) C
- Kimbra: Vows (Warner Bros.) C
- PS I Love You: Death Dreams (Paper Bag) C-
- Action Bronson: Blue Chips (Fools Gold/Reebok Classics) A-
- Allo Darlin': Europe (Slumberland) A-
- Macy Gray: Covered (429) B+
- Madonna: MDNA (Interscope/Live Nation) A-
- Spoek Mathambo: Father Creeper (Sub Pop) A
- Rusko: Songs (Downtown) A-
- S/S/S: Beak & Claw (Anticon) A-
- Loudon Wainwright III: Older Than My Old Man Now (2nd Story Sound) A+
- Amadou & Mariam: Folila (Nonesuch) ***
- Carole King: The Legendary Demos (Hear Music) ***
- M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion (Merge) ***
- Bonnie Raitt: Slipstream (Redwing) **
- Rufus Wainwright: Out of the Game (Decca/Polydor) **
- Dr. John: Locked Down (Nonesuch) **
- Norah Jones: . . . Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note) B-
- Georgia Anne Muldrow: Seeds (Entertainment One Music) C+
- The Chromatics: Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better) B
- Zammuto: Zammuto (Temporary Residence) B-
- Estelle: All of Me (Atlantic/Homeschool) B-
- Great Lake Swimmers: New Wild Everywhere (Nettwerk) C+
- Alabama Shakes: Boys and Girls (ATO) C+
- Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador) C
- Air: Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks) A-
- Chiddy Bang: Breakfast (Virgin) A-
- Karantamba: Ndigal (Teranga Beat) A-
- The Magnetic Fields: Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge) A-
- Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Universal Republic) B+
- Skrillex: Bangarang (Atlantic, EP) A-
- Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror (Mom + Pop) A-
- Todd Snider: Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables (Aimless) A
- Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball (Columbia) ***
- Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden (Nonesuch) ***
- Balkan Beat Box: Give (Nat Geo) ***
- Escort: Escort (Escort) ***
- The Shins: Port of Morrow (Columbia) **
- Lee Ranaldo: Between the Times and the Tides (Matador) **
- Sinéad O'Connor: How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (One Little Indian) **
- Wire: The Black Session: Paris: 10 May 2011 (Pink Flag) **
- Jamie Woon: Ghostwriting (Verve) *
- Lilacs and Champagne: Lilacs and Champagne (Mexican Summer) *
- The Men: Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones) B-
- Tennis: Young and Old (Fat Possum) B
- The Cranberries: Roses (Downtown) C+
- Dierks Bentley: Home (Capitol Nashville) C+
- Belbury Poly: The Belbury Tapes (Ghost Box) C+
- Heartless Bastards: Arrow (Partisan) C+
- The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond (Republic) C
- Wilson Phillips: Dedicated (Sony Masterworks) D
- Thomas Anderson: The Moon in Transit (Four-Track Demos 1996-2009) (Out There) A-
- Bhi Bhiman: Bhiman (Boocoo) A-
- Burial: Kindred (Hyperdub, EP) A
- Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memory (Carpark) A-
- Lana Del Rey: Born to Die (Polydor/Interscope) A-
- Ani DiFranco: ¿Whose Side Are You On? (Righteous Babe) A-
- Imperial Teen: Feel the Sound (Merge) A-
- Prinzhorn Dance School: Clay Class (DFA) A-
- Standard Fare: Out of Sight, Out of Town (Melodic) A-
- Schoolboy Q: Habits and Contradictions (Top Dawg) ***
- Paul McCartney: Kisses on the Bottom (Merge) ***
- Dr. Dog: Be the Void (Anti-) ***
- Hospitality: Hospitality (Merge) **
- Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk) **
- Kathleen Edwards: Voyageur (Zoe/Rounder) **
- The Little Willies: For the Good Times (Milking Bull) *
- The Caretaker: Patience (After Sebald) (History Favours the Winners) *
- Wiley: Evolve or Be Extinct (Big Dada) *
- Wilco: iTunes Session (Anti-) *
- Craig Finn: Clear Heart, Full Eyes (Full Time Hobby) B
- The Weeknd: Echoes of Silence (free download) B-
- Sharon Van Etten: Tramp (Jagjaguwar) B-
- Cate LeBon: Cyrk (The Control Group) C+
- Bahamas: Barchords (Jagjaguwar) C+
- Laura Gibson: La Grande (Barsuk) C+
- First Aid Kit: Lion's Roar (Wichita) C+
- Howler: America Give Up (Rough Trade) C
- Keepaway: Black Flute (Greedhead) C
- Rick Ross: Rich Forever (free download) C
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